Democratic Union (Poland)

Democratic Union Unia Demokratyczna
Chairman	Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Founded	May 1991
Dissolved	April 23, 1994 (1994-04-23)
Merger of	Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Forum of the Democratic Right
Split from	Solidarity Citizens' Committee
Merged into	Freedom Union
Ideology	Liberalism Reformism Anti-Lustration
Political position	Centre
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The Democratic Union (Template:Lang-pl) was a liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1991 by Prime Minister, Christian Democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action (Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna) and the Forum of Right Democrats (Forum Prawicy Demokratycznej).

The party had a market-socialist profile with Christian-democratic influence. Important members were Bronisław Geremek, Jacek Kuroń, Adam Michnik, Hanna Suchocka, Jan Rokita and Aleksander Hall.

In 1994 the party merged with the Liberal Democratic Congress into the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).

Election results

Sejm

Election year	# of votes	% of vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
1991	1,382,051	12.3 (#1)	62 / 460	13
1993	1,460,957	10.6 (#3)	74 / 460	12

Senate

Election year	# of overall seats won	+/–
1991	21 / 100
1993	4 / 100	17

See also

• Christian democracy